After painfully watching the heartbreaking scenes of
carnage in Pakistani provincial capital of NWFP on TV screens, it came as a pleasant surprise to see the New York Times mention Peshawar in a different context; volunteer cartographers contributing to digital maps "from Petaluma to Peshawar". It particularly caught my attention because I have had the pleasure of visiting both of these fine cities, and I currently live not t…
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Posted by Riaz Haq on November 22nd, 2009 at 10:45pm —
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My good friend and NED University Professor Mohammad Nauman passed away last Sunday. He was a dedicated teacher at NED Engineering University in Karachi. Born on December 19, 1951 in Bahawalpur, Nauman attended Cadet College, Petaro, and then graduated from NED University in electrical engineering in 1974. He attended North Carolina State University for his graduate work.
Nauman was a soft-spoken academic and a left-leaning intellectual of high caliber. He was loved by his friends, colleagues a…
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Posted by Riaz Haq on November 16th, 2009 at 8:08pm —
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